Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for roadblocked
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Meanwhile, on the steps of the assembly building, protesters and lawmakers were facing off against troops who had blocked the entrance.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
21 Feb. 2026 -
Dozens of Democrats had threatened to boycott the dinner if members of their party were blocked from the working meeting.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 Feb. 2026
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Officers forced their way into the home because the front door was barricaded, the release said.—
Claire Osborn,
Austin American Statesman,
18 Feb. 2026
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Aljorna and Sosa-Celis retreated into their upstairs apartment and barricaded the door, so federal officers used tear gas to try to force the men out, the FBI agent said.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Feb. 2026
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The first hearing for Campillo’s new proposal was delayed from November because the Rules Committee fell short of a quorum before the proposal could be debated.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Feb. 2026
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Federal agencies halted overdose-surveillance networks, delayed youth smoking data, scaled back food-safety pathogen monitoring and purged transgender health information from websites.—
Mike Stobbe,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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Saudi Arabia, under his de-facto leadership, embarked on a military campaign against the Houthis in Yemen, temporarily kidnapped the Prime Minister of Lebanon, and blockaded Qatar.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
17 Feb. 2026
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But Senate leadership had to overcome a temporary setback as senators blockaded the legislation as leverage for their own priorities.—
Ramsey Touchberry,
The Washington Examiner,
30 Jan. 2026
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Two people were arrested after refusing to stop and leading Fort Worth police on a pursuit on Saturday afternoon.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 Feb. 2026
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Days ago, he was arrested and held in custody for nearly 11 hours on suspicion of misconduct in having shared confidential trade information with Epstein.—
Michael R. Sisak,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Feb. 2026
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Working together to find further synergies between technology and materials was emphasized as the only way to navigate a complex economy mired by inflationary, trade and currency pressures.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
17 Feb. 2026
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Based on that fact, a few more years mired in mediocrity remains a possibility.—
Chris Perkins,
Sun Sentinel,
17 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Cocktail dresses and cozy twinsets have been swapped out for work-appropriate blazers and cardigans layered over shirts, though Rowe retained some of Jones’s flirty personality by dressing her in pieces such as a mini skirt, made more demure styled with stockings.—
Kati Chitrakorn,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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But the parents opting out point to research showing that students who used computers at school performed worse academically and that information is better retained when read on paper.—
Tyler Kingkade,
NBC news,
16 Feb. 2026
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On February 13th, Grace Van Patten and Jackson White and Grace Gummer and Mark Ronson watched Veronica Leoni’s Calvin Klein Collection come down the runway, while Rebecca Hall and Morgan Spector bounded between Fforme and Kallmeyer.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
14 Feb. 2026
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Photos shared by the department show a silvery gray fox bounding majestically across a white snowy plain beneath towering, sunlit alpine peaks.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Roadblocked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roadblocked. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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